''Embreea'' is a genus of orchids native to
Colombia and
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
. The genus ''Embreea'' is abbreviated as Emb in horticultural trade. There at present (June 2014) two recognized species:
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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*'' Embreea herrenhusana'' (Jenny) Jenny (2002) - Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
(syn ''Embreea rodigasiana ''var''. herrenhusana'' Jenny (2001))
*'' Embreea rodigasiana'' (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980) - Colombia (syn ''Stanhopea rodigasiana'' Claes ex Cogn. (1897))
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Stanhopeinae
Orchids of Colombia
Orchids of Ecuador
Stanhopeinae genera
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